Clermont-Ferrand

Armand Duplantis improved his own men's pole vault world record to 6.27m at the All Star Perche event in Clermont-Ferrand, France.

"I had enough. I panicked," he told the court, apologising to the two gendarmes he had driven into in the tiny village of Vidaillat west of Clermont-Ferrand.

Kantorow, who is 27 and was born in Clermont-Ferrand, France, has been pushed in the other direction.

The same would apply to Charade - otherwise known as Clermont-Ferrand - a stunning road course in the Massif Central that held four French Grands Prix between 1965 and 1972.

He is now the chief scientific officer at Carbios, which has a demonstration plant in Clermont-Ferrand, in central France.